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The idea that much (all?) of human thought, need, fear etc. is associated with (identifiable with?) sensation having definite location in the body, is one that
by alimw 8y ago
The idea that much (all?) of human thought, need, fear etc. is associated with (identifiable with?) sensation having definite location in the body, is one that should be familiar to anyone who has practised meditation as taught to Vipassana students or basic relaxation as taught to method actors.
And perhaps someone will be able to correct me on this, but didn't Kant treat spatial awareness as a priori and presumably rather fundamental?
- cosmic_ape 8y agoIn linguistics there is also work that attempts to understand the formation of abstractions from sensor-motoric concepts. Here's one example: http://fas-philosophy.rutgers.edu/goldman/Spring%202008%20Seminar/Gallese%20&%20Lakoff%20%28The%20brain%27s%20concepts%29.pdf http://fas-philosophy.rutgers.edu/goldman/Spring%202008%20Se...